tsawg

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White Hmong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *dzjok (“few; to lack”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

tsawg

  1. few, least, not many, a little, puny
    Amelikas tsev neeg tsawg dua Hmoob. ― American families are smaller than Hmong (families).
  2. used in pes tsawg (“how many?, how much?”)

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 347.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 284.
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